30 Jan 2026 22:49:04
Braiden Graham bagged another two classy goals for Under 21s, Is it time to promote?
30 Jan 2026 23:28:08
If Anzou isn't deemed strong enough for premier then Graham has no chance. It won't matter how many goals he scores. Kids a class act though and a great finisher.
31 Jan 2026 00:04:47
Well we will never know if Anzou or Graham would be any good in the premiership because they will not be given a chance, at least not by us under Moyes. Not sure about ther contract situation but hopefully anther club will not recruit them and then the players show us what we will have missed.
31 Jan 2026 07:40:56
He'll get 20 goals in 10 games in the u21s next season and we'll sell him to the championship for £2m without even giving him a minute ?
Still can't believe we let Simms go.
31 Jan 2026 08:21:02
Braiden Graham, no doubt he can finish from any position or angle, reminds me of a young Michael Owen, will Everton bring him “on” the right way?
{Ed025's Note - i think that will depend on the manager Uran..
31 Jan 2026 08:55:02
It always seems to be “not ready or not strong enough or coming on nicely, needs to be …. whatever”
We can all see he is still young looking but he makes finishing off a move into a goal look easy. He’s a natural goal scorer, Messi would have been a similar size at his age, They need to start introducing some of our young strikers on the bench now until the end of the season, what have we got too lose? Good luck to the lad, At least he is playing with a smile on his face.
{Ed025's Note - thats where i dont get the 2 keepers on the bench Uran, surely a young lad playing well would be a better option even if he is not used, it would get him integrated with the senior players and could be seen as a reward for his efforts mate...or is that just me?..
31 Jan 2026 09:31:57
Im with you Ed, nothing gets on my breasts more than 2 keepers on the bench. Remember the days when a keeper got injured and an outfield player would go between the sticks. Just a waste of a sub space. You're never going to bring once 3rd keeper but you just might give a youngster 5 or 10 minutes if you are winning.
{Ed025's Note - absolutely Dev..
31 Jan 2026 09:36:21
Moyes never seems to give youth a chance, Anzou was amazing when he came on v Sunderland!
Did anyone watch that winger Reyes Cleary who played for Barnsley v L'pool?
He was MOTM .
Good dribbler of the ball and unlucky not too score.
Can't understand why managers don't give championship players a chance? Couple of my mates who were at the match said he was brilliant.
31 Jan 2026 09:50:58
Sorry Cleary is a league one player. Gave the kopites the runaround.
31 Jan 2026 10:48:45
You are absolutely right Ed, hard to comprehend how Moyes is thinking, why have a second string if you are not interested in them? this is the fault with the club, this is why Everton seem to have issues every season, they are not together, they say they are a family club! Far from it in my opinion, the managers should be galvanising the teams together, speaking highly of the up and coming youngsters but Moyes and Dyche are of the same, no inspiration, no wonder DCL was saying how different it is at Leeds United, a down too earth feeling of togetherness, he’s only say this because it never felt it at Everton!
However Ed this should be a directive from the CEo of the club and it should be his job to make sure that the manger whoever it maybe is totally committed to galvanising all levels with inspiration and never ever put two Keepers on the bench!
{Ed025's Note - im with you mate..
31 Jan 2026 11:04:13
Moyes doesn't like youth players, never has. If going to stick with this negative manager, we may aswell pack the academy in. Aznou played 10 mins against a good PL outift, look the best/most willing player on the pitch for those 10 mins (fresh legs granted) . but never gets another minute and now will leave.
Dibling treated like he's the antichrist. can't buy minutes but cost 40million and looked great at saints for a full year in prem when younger. Moyes killed his confidence.
Braiden Graham could get 2 mins vs Liverpool, score 7 goals and Moyes would still never play him again citing his usual 'not ready, not strong enough, needs experience' bs.
{Ed025's Note - yeah its very frustrating PB i must say..
31 Jan 2026 11:56:43
Is good to think that some of us are thinking the same.
Let’s be honest, if Barry came to Everton at 13 years old would he be in our first team now? Would we have persevered to help him like we have helped the Barry we just paid 20mil for? I don’t think so, Barry would be no different to Simms, we never gave Sims a chance, we stripped out all of his confidence, he was electric along side Gordon in our youth team.
We must have other young strikers stars in the youth set up not just Graham!
Sometimes I can’t always see the point in sending them out to get clobbered in the lower leagues, that could be ok if you are Chelsea Man City that are over loaded with high calibre talent but this is Everton that can’t score goals, we have paid 50 million between Beto and Barry and none of them know how to hold the ball up and bring others into play, a basic skill that should of been developed as a youth player.